glad it was an easy fix.
one thing i would keep an eye on, the gap/dwell.
the made in china points everyone is afflicted with tend wear REALLY quick and drift wildly.
so as the points wears down suddenly the gap closes up and POOF coil blows.
another thing to watch for, is setting the gap with a feeler might not be a good idea, better to set it using the dwell angle you may find with the new points that the gap can be right but the dwell will be too short or too open. this is because the materials they use to today are sub par and the contact points are not conducting well, or the metal is soft and contacts dance around.
so for example say you set the gap at .17 then measure dwell and see 44; When the range should be 24-29 that is bad because the gap is too short, To decrease the dwell you increase the gap and vise-versa.
this is the argument for electronic ignitions.
personal experience: I ran points for a long time, and the quality of the points was a major problem, i was diagnosing another engine issue and wanted to keep points.
so i put in a new set, used dwell set for 24 degrees and the next week i went on a trip 135 miles.
i came back car was running fine decided to check dwell, it was over 56 (Way too short) yet the car didn't seem to notice.
readjusted dwell to 24,, drove another week, again the dwell moved to 50 range,,, readjusted,, next week coil blew.
i tried one more time i Bid on Ebay for a set of Accel vintage points replacement with a double spring and all the bells and whistles of a 1970s vintage part.
well by the time it came i was fighting with the garbage points on a weekly basis,
i told myself this is chasing your tail and installed a pertronix II, Done.
i kept the accel points NIB and it is in my trunk with a condenser in-case the electronic ever goes out, its been over 7 years i have never needed it.
now if your ignition system is in great shape, which is most likely is, then you will see no immediate gains from going electronic, for the most part it will run the same.
the difference between the two occurs over time, with the gap constantly changing and you having to maintain it, eventual start up issues with points and more maintenance.
on the performance end, points will bounce at high rpms and can occasionally miss. so the gains are not seen right away just over the long haul.
